of transition, we need to make sure that nothing is lost in the handoff. we ve encountered roadblocks from the political leadership at the department of defense and the office of management and budget. right now we just aren t getting all the information that we need or the ongoing, outgoing from the outgoing administration in key national security areas. it s nothing short in my view of irresponsibility. trump s continuing refusal to acknowledge reality and do what every president has done before him and coordinate the transfer of power is just one of the many ways he s been acting as the chaos agent in chief. just yesterday trump finally backed down and signed the very same covid relief bill he threatened to veto for days. what looks like an attempt to save face, trump said in a statement he ll send a, quote, red line version of the bill back to congress, which is not a thing. and he also said that congress will, quote, focus strongly on his baseless voter fraud claims
fpz. how do you bridge this gap? there will be a vote today. now we wait. the house getting back into session half an hour from now. this first battle clearly goes to the progressives who held their ground and forced pelosi to delay the vote. but they have a big problem now in the senate where joe manchin said last night he would not go over $1.5 trillion for the proposed human infrastructure bim bill. so if there s going to be a deal on these bills, it looks like it s going to take some time. i want to bring in peter alexander. i m sure none of you got where do things stand on the hill. do we know even for sure if there is going to be a vote today. speaker pelosi continues to express a lot of optimism. she s saying she can get it done, but there s yet to be determined if it s going to happen today. this could be just another setback, but it s not failure just quite yet. house democrats are meeting as a family at 10:30 this morning. and there should be a lot of discus
3:05, i m cutting you off. thank you. may i approach? text to refresh your memory. are these supposed to go together? all these are two separate dates? different dates. okay. all right. we talked about you said the text about a footnote. but do you recall me asking you do you think it started before she hired him and you said absolutely. do you recall that? i see that in the text message, yes. and do you also recall me asking you how they would react, if they would attack me. and you said no, they will deny it. your honor, objection as to speculation. as to how he thinks they will react. goes to the motivations of the witness. overruled. and you told me they will deny it. that s written in there, yes. i just want to, one last opportunity. you re an officer of the court, correct? i am. and you re under oath. is there any testimony from today or the previous days that you want to correct? that i want to correct? no. i told you everything, i ve an
investigating donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election wrapping up a meeting with the former president s legal team. trump posting new details about this meeting just minutes ago. plus wagner mercenary group founder, who recently led that short-lived revolt against putin, is spotted in st. petersburg. that s putin territory. what was he doing there? and what recession? a key indicator of economic strength came in better than expected. there are some warning signs to keep an eye on. we re following these major stories, and many more, all coming in here to cnn news central. earlier today, lawyers for donald trump sat down face to face with special counsel jack smith. the man who brought an indictment for the mishandling of classified documents. and the man who could be prepping a second indictment tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. the grand jury in that probe is meeting as we speak. sources tell us that trump s attorneys hope today s meet would
the president makes it official. he s running for re-election. we made a lot of progress. let s finish the job. most voters think he s still better than the alternative. plus historic testimony. this is an astonishing moment in our legal and political history. like pence testified before a grand jury investigating trump s efforts to overturn the election. are prosecutors moving closer to indicting the former president? and desantis versus disney. the days of putting one company on a pedestal are over. the would-be presidential candidate may have picked a fight he can t win. so why doesn t he just let it go, let it go welcome to inside politics, i m manu raju in for abby phillip. this morning president biden wakes up marking the end of his very first week as an official 2024 candidate. biden launched his re-election bid on tuesday setting up a battle which he must convince voters that he deserves to remain in the white house for another four years. now